Donald Miller Quotes

I tend to write first drafts that are incredibly cognitive, very rational, very boring. They come off as justification. Like, 'This is my idea and here's all the reasons that it's right.' It doesn't make for very compelling reading.

Donald Miller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 12, 1971

Topics

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It is hard to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable.

Jim Leach

PromisesCountryHardMayCement

That's really important in a producer - a producer that can step up and play a keyboard, play a bass, play a guitar, and help you with things instead of just saying, 'I think this could be better.'

John Gourley

StepSayingThinkGuitarBetterYou

What really grabs me about living in Tucson is the color beige.

Max Cannon

MeColorLivingAboutReally

The age of access being offered by taxi-hailing apps like Uber and Ola is the biggest potential threat to auto industry.

Anand Mahindra

AgePotentialIndustryBeingUber

Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.

Robert Casey

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The most effort you should expend should be cooking. If you could cook while lying on a couch, that would be perfect.

Liz Tuccillo

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I see through my eyes; the camera is just a machine to record it for me.

Juergen Teller

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Sequencing - the careful striptease by which you reveal information to the reader - matters in an article, but it is absolutely essential to a book.

Joshua Foer

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The biggest thing in my life - the biggest - is raising dollars to help kids battle cancer.

Dick Vitale

LifeBattleMy LifeHelpCancer

I do this sort of thing where, even for my own shows, I like to supply my own fingerprint of creativity. Not just ideas, technical things: offering model data, creating visuals for my stage show myself, babysitting renders, learning that technology as I go. That's what makes me feel like an artist.

Deadmau5

LearningTechnologyMyselfCreativity

I hated the Naked Chef. Fine, yes, he did good things for school food or whatever, but, you know, I don't want my chefs to be cute and adorable.

Anthony Bourdain

GoodCuteFoodSchoolChefYou

It is treacherous on a high wire to change your focus point and suddenly look down.

Philippe Petit

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